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Terrence Dashon Howard is an American actor, rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer. Having his first major roles in the 1995 films Dead Presidents and Mr. Holland's Opus, Howard broke into the mainstream with a succession of television and cinema roles between 2004 and 2006. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Hustle & Flow.
Birth Name
Terrence Dashon Howard
Born
Tuesday, 11 March 1969
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Shirley | Arthur Hardwick Jr. | 2024 |
| Skeletons in the Closet | Mark | 2024 |
| Showdown at the Grand | George Fuller | 2023 |
| Unsung Presents: Best in Black | Self | 2023 |
| 54th NAACP Image Awards | Self - Presenter | 2023 |
| The Best Man: The Final Chapters | Quentin Spivey / Quentin | 2022 |
| The System | Bones | 2022 |
| Icons Unearthed | Self | 2022 |
| The Walk | Lamont Robbins | 2022 |
| FRO Thizzle Reviews | Self | 2022 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Shirley | Arthur Hardwick Jr. | 2024 |
| Skeletons in the Closet | Mark | 2024 |
| Showdown at the Grand | George Fuller | 2023 |
| Unsung Presents: Best in Black | Self | 2023 |
| 54th NAACP Image Awards | Self - Presenter | 2023 |
| The Best Man: The Final Chapters | Quentin Spivey / Quentin | 2022 |
| The System | Bones | 2022 |
| Icons Unearthed | Self | 2022 |
| The Walk | Lamont Robbins | 2022 |
| FRO Thizzle Reviews | Self | 2022 |
| Flowstate: The FPV Drone Documentary | Self | 2021 |
| Gully | Mr. Christmas | 2021 |
| Triumph | Coach Cutting | 2021 |
| Cut Throat City | The Saint | 2020 |
| Josh Gates Tonight | Self | 2020 |
| Untold Stories of Hip Hop | Self | 2019 |
| A Year in Music | Self | 2019 |
| Miracle on 42nd Street | Self | 2018 |
| Terrence Howard's Fright Club | Self - Host | 2018 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| Electric Dreams | George | 2017 |
| Beat Shazam | Self - Special Guest Star | 2017 |
| Martha & Snoop's Potluck Party Challenge | Himself | 2016 |
| Hada Madrina | Genio | 2016 |
| The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - Presenter | 2016 |
| Cardboard Boxer | Pope | 2016 |
| Harry | Self - Guest | 2016 |
| Term Life | Sheriff Braydon / Braydon | 2016 |
| 73rd Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | 2016 |
| Taraji's White Hot Holidays | Himself - Host | 2015 |
| Wayward Pines | Sheriff Pope | 2015 |
| Lip Sync Battle | Self - Competitor | 2015 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | 2015 |
| Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo 3 | Self | 2015 |
| The Oscars | Self - Presenter | 2015 |
| Empire | Lucious Lyon | 2015 |
| St. Vincent | Zucko | 2014 |
| Lullaby | Doctor Crier / Dr. Crier | 2014 |
| Sabotage | Julius 'Sugar' Edmonds | 2014 |
| Take Me to the River | Himself - Host / Self - Host | 2014 |
| Unsung Hollywood | Self | 2014 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest / Self - Guest (segment "Jimpire") | 2014 |
| Prisoners: Powerful Performances | Self | 2013 |
| The Best Man Holiday | Quentin | 2013 |
| Prisoners | Franklin Birch | 2013 |
| The Queen Latifah Show | Self - Guest | 2013 |
| The Arsenio Hall Show | Self - Guest | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| The Butler | Howard | 2013 |
| The Real | Self | 2013 |
| In the Woods | Self | 2013 |
| House of Bodies | Starks | 2013 |
| Dead Man Down | Alphonse | 2013 |
| Movie 43 | Coach Jackson (segment "Victory's Glory") | 2013 |
| The Company You Keep | FBI Agent Cornelius | 2012 |
| Larry King Now | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| On the Road | Walter | 2012 |
| Bizarre Foods America | Self | 2012 |
| Red Tails | Colonel A.J. Bullard / Col. A.J. Bullard | 2012 |
| Oprah Prime | Self | 2012 |
| VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul | Self | 2011 |
| Bob Ross: The Happy Painter | Himself / Self | 2011 |
| Ghost of New Orleans | Drag Hammerman | 2011 |
| SEC Storied | Narrator | 2011 |
| Winnie Mandela | Nelson Mandela | 2011 |
| Dish Nation | Self | 2011 |
| The Ledge | Det. Hollis Lucetti / Hollis Lucetti | 2011 |
| ESPN Films | Narrator | 2011 |
| Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | Self | 2010 |
| The Talk | Self - Guest | 2010 |
| Law & Order: LA | Jonah Dekker / Senior DDA Jonah Dekker | 2010 |
| Hawaii Five-0 | Billy | 2010 |
| The Princess and the Frog | James / James (voice) | 2009 |
| The Brian McKnight Show | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| The Jay Leno Show | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| Fighting | Harvey Boarden | 2009 |
| MasterChef Junior | Self - Celebrity Guest | 2009 |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Himself - Guest | 2009 |
| B.B. King: Live | Self | 2009 |
| March Point | Self - Host | 2008 |
| I Am 'Iron Man' | Self / Himself | 2008 |
| Stand Up to Cancer | Self | 2008 |
| Celebrity Family Feud | Self | 2008 |
| Iron Man | Rhodey / James 'Rhodey' Rhodes | 2008 |
| The Perfect Holiday | Bah Humbug | 2007 |
| Awake | Dr. Jack Harper | 2007 |
| August Rush | Richard Jeffries | 2007 |
| The Hunting Party | Duck | 2007 |
| The Brave One | Detective Mercer | 2007 |
| Chelsea Lately | Himself | 2007 |
| Pride | Jim Ellis | 2007 |
| The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | 2007 |
| Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita | Self - Host | 2007 |
| Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition | Self | 2006 |
| Idlewild | Trumpy | 2006 |
| The 78th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee & Presenter | 2006 |
| The 48th Annual Grammy Awards | Self - Presenter | 2006 |
| Get Rich or Die Tryin' | Bama | 2005 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Hustle & Flow | Djay | 2005 |
| Four Brothers | Lt. Green | 2005 |
| Crash | Cameron / Cameron Thayer | 2005 |
| Animal | Darius Allen | 2005 |
| Their Eyes Were Watching God | Amos Hicks | 2005 |
| Lackawanna Blues | Bill Crosby | 2005 |
| The Salon | Patrick | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest | 2005 |
| Ray | Gossie McGee | 2004 |
| The Insider | Himself (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Love Chronicles | T-Roy | 2003 |
| Shootout | Self | 2003 |
| Soundstage | Self | 2003 |
| Inside Edition | Self | 2003 |
| Biker Boyz | Chu Chu / Chu Chu (as Terrence Dashon Howard) | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself - Guest | 2003 |
| Fastlane | Alton White | 2002 |
| Street Time | Lucius Mosley | 2002 |
| Intimate Affairs | Lorenz | 2002 |
| Hart's War | Lt. Lincoln A. Scott | 2002 |
| Glitter | Timothy Walker | 2001 |
| Angel Eyes | Robby | 2001 |
| Boycott | Ralph Abernathy | 2001 |
| Total Access 24/7 | Self | 2001 |
| Love Beat the Hell Outta Me | Chris | 2000 |
| Soul Food | Benny Jones | 2000 |
| Big Momma's House | Lester Vesco | 2000 |
| King of the World | Cassius Clay | 2000 |
| The Best Man | Quentin | 1999 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Defense Attorney Jonah Dekker | 1999 |
| Independent Lens | Self - Host / Narrator / Self - Narrator | 1999 |
| Best Laid Plans | Jimmy | 1999 |
| Valerie Flake | Hitchhiker | 1999 |
| Butter | Dexter Banks (as Terrence Dashon Howard) / Dexter Banks | 1998 |
| The Players Club | K.C. | 1998 |
| Spark | Byron | 1998 |
| Double Tap | Ulysses | 1997 |
| The View | Himself / Himself - Guest / Self - Guest | 1997 |
| Johns | Jimmy the Warlock | 1996 |
| Sparks | Greg Sparks | 1996 |
| Sunset Park | Spaceman | 1996 |
| Mr. Holland's Opus | Louis Russ | 1996 |
| Dead Presidents | Cowboy | 1995 |
| Lotto Land | Warren | 1995 |
| The O.J. Simpson Story | Young A.C / Young A.C. | 1995 |
| New York Undercover | Buster | 1994 |
| Extra | Self | 1994 |
| NYPD Blue | Lonnie / A.J. Foreman | 1993 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest / Himself - Guest | 1993 |
| Late Show with David Letterman | Himself - Musical Guest | 1993 |
| Tall Hopes | Chester Harris | 1993 |
| Living Single | Brendan King | 1993 |
| Who's the Man? | Customer | 1993 |
| Getting By | Herbert | 1993 |
| The Jacksons: An American Dream | Jackie Jackson / Jackie Jackson (adult) | 1992 |
| Picket Fences | Malik | 1992 |
| HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
| Family Matters | John | 1989 |
| Coach | Johnny Williams | 1989 |
| Mama Flora's Family | Lincoln | 1988 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981 |
| Soul Train | Himself - Guest Host | 1971 |
| Sesame Street | Elmo Slide Dancer | 1969 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Triumph | 2021 |
| Terrence Howard's Fright Club | 2018 |
| The Ledge | 2011 |
| Pride | 2007 |
| Love Beat the Hell Outta Me | 2000 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2006 | Oscar | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 2006 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | Nominated |
